Ask and thou shalt receive; yet better it is to give.
Give and it shall be given thee, for by loving and giving we live.
Always art thou receiving? Looking for more and yet more?
Friend, on the income of good thou art shutting and barring the
door.
What if a handful of meal, and a scanty measure of oil.
And a few small sticks for the fire are all that reward thy toil
Give unto him that shall ask thee, there's plenty for him and
thee,
Bread of the truth from heaven, and oil of thy charity.
